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Re: V6 Usability suggestion

 

I think we can define a manual grouping and sort order based on function,
and apply that here as well as in the DRC dialog perhaps

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 1:12 PM Brian <lotharyx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> On 10/21/20 12:51 PM, jp charras wrote:
> > Unfortunately, even in a alphabetical order in English, it will be not
> > ordered in other languages.
> >
>
> It should be sorted at runtime, in the current locale.  Then it's in
> lexicographic order regardless of language.
>
> Note: I say this not having examined the code in the slightest, and
> don't know how dynamic (or non-dynamic) that particular dialog is.
>
> Even when sorted by groups (assuming the groups make sense to every
> user, which is almost certainly not going to be the case), within groups
> a lexicographic sort would be helpful, unless groups are limited to,
> say, 5-10 items each.
>
> My $0.02,
> -Brian (the other one*)
>
> * - one of many, I'm sure
>
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